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Publication Date
2008-10-29
Pages
168
ISBN
0595484433
Book Title
Airlines for the Rest of Us : the Rise and Fall of America's Local Service Airlines
Item Length
9 in
Publisher
iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication Year
2008
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.4 in
Author
Stan Solomon
Genre
Transportation
Topic
Public Transportation, Aviation / Commercial
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
9.1 Oz
Number of Pages
168 Pages

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"Small Cities 'to be Hurt Tremendously' by Airline Cuts" "Airline Subsidy Cuts Leave Three Towns Flightless" "No Convenient Route to Buffalo" -actual newspaper headlines, 2007-08 It wasn't always like this. At least, not during the era of the Local Service Airlines. From the 1950s through the mid-1980s, these feisty, colorful startups provided a level of service unheard of today, reaching small communities across America. They had to. Encouraged and supported by the Civil Aeronautics Board, these privately-owned companies were mandated to bring reliable scheduled airline transportation-plus airmail and small package service-to the citizens of places like Enid, Oklahoma; or Walla Walla, Washington; or Kokomo, Indiana-and other places ignored by the bigger and older airlines. The "locals" may have begun with second-hand propeller-driven equipment, like the legendary DC-3, but by the mid-60s they were operating turboprops and jets-just like the bigger airlines. And some of these Locals, especially Frontier and Ozark and Piedmont, eventually gave the big boys a run for their money. One Local, Allegheny, became today's US Airways. These truly were Airlines For the Rest of Us, and this is the story of how they began, how they grew, and why they disappeared.

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Publisher
iUniverse, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0595484433
ISBN-13
9780595484430
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71691566

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Book Title
Airlines for the Rest of Us : the Rise and Fall of America's Local Service Airlines
Author
Stan Solomon
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Public Transportation, Aviation / Commercial
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Transportation
Number of Pages
168 Pages

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Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
9.1 Oz

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